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Pepsis aciculata Taschenberg, 1869

Pepsis aciculata Taschenberg, 1869:29, ♀. 2 ♀♀, Rio de Janeiro, Lectotype ♀, examined (Martin-Luther Universität, Halle), designated by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:254. Synonymized with Pepsis limbata Guérin, 1831 by Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.:801. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:256 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis limbata Guérin, 1831); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334.:317 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis limbata Guérin, 1831); Haupt, 1952Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414. (distribution); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305. (distribution), 25 (key male), 254 (description female, description male, listed [Wrongly synonymized with P. limbata Guérin by Lucas, 1895: 801, no. 178]), 256 (distribution), 74 (key female), 77 (key female); Rios-Velasco et al., 2014Rios-Velasco, C., D.I. Barlanga-Reyes, R. Ayala-Barajas, M.Á. Salas-Marina, J.E. Ibarra-Rendón, P.B. Zamudio Flores, A. Roma-Chacón & C.H. Acosta-Muñiz 2014. Identification of Megachilid species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and other pollinators in apple orchards in Chihuahua, México. The Florida Entomologist 97 (4):1829-1834. (distribution); Fernández et al., 2022Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503. (distribution); Kurczewski et al., 2024Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West & C. Waichert 2024. New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 1034:1-32. (distribution, hosts [Plesiopelma longisternale (Schiapelli and Gerschman) (Theraphosidae), Grammostola vachoni Schiapelli and Gerschman]).
Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895:791, ♂. ♂, Banda orient. (Mus. Hall.); ♂, Montevideo (Mus. Berol., leg. Sello), Lectotype ♂, examined (Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), designated by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:254. Synonymized with Pepsis aciculata Taschenberg, 1869 by Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:254. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 257 (listed); Brèthes, 1914Brèthes, J. 1914. Contribution â l'étude des Pepsis. Museo nacional de historia natural de Buenos Aires 26:235-360. (distribution); Lucas, 1919Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls. (distribution); Banks, 1946Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525. (distribution), 378 (key male), 386 (listed); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution); Haupt, 1952Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Pepsis aciculata Taschenberg, 1869

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2022; Kurczewski et al., 2024)
BRABrazil
 (Taschenberg, 1869; Haupt, 1952; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Fernández et al., 2022)
MEX-ChiMexico - Chihuahua
 (Rios-Velasco et al., 2014)
PRYParaguay
 (Banks, 1946 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005)
URYUruguay
 (Lucas, 1895 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Brèthes, 1914 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Lucas, 1919 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Haupt, 1952 [as Pepsis nero Lucas, 1895]; Vardy, 2005; Fernández et al., 2022)

Literature

  • Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 96:311-525.
  • Brèthes, J. 1909. El género Pepsis en Chile. Revist Chilena de Historia Natural (Organo del Museo de Valparaiso) 13 (3):201-210.
  • Brèthes, J. 1914. Contribution â l'étude des Pepsis. Museo nacional de historia natural de Buenos Aires 26:235-360.
  • Costa, A. 1864. Anno II. - 1862. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Università di Napoli :176 pp + 4 Tavole.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
  • Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503.
  • Haupt, H. 1952. Alte und neue Pepsis-Arten (Hymenoptera-Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammocharidae auct. Nova Acta Leopoldina 15 (109):311-414.
  • Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West & C. Waichert 2024. New host records for Nearctic and Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 1034:1-32.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2022. Additional new and unusual host records for Western Hemisphere spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Insecta Mundi 0928:1-32.
  • Kurczewski, F.E., R.C. West, C. Waichert, K.C. Kissane, D. Ubick & J.P. Pitts 2020. New and unusual host records for North American and South American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4891 (1):1-112.
  • Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.
  • Lucas, R. 1919. Pompiliden-Studien. I. Arch. Naturgesch., A. 83 (5):1-180+3 pls.
  • Rios-Velasco, C., D.I. Barlanga-Reyes, R. Ayala-Barajas, M.Á. Salas-Marina, J.E. Ibarra-Rendón, P.B. Zamudio Flores, A. Roma-Chacón & C.H. Acosta-Muñiz 2014. Identification of Megachilid species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) and other pollinators in apple orchards in Chihuahua, México. The Florida Entomologist 97 (4):1829-1834.
  • Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.
  • Strand, E. 1911. Hymenoptera aus Peru und Equador. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1 (2. Supplementheft):141-157.
  • Taschenberg, E.L. 1869. Die Pompiliden des Museums der Universität Halle. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 34:25-75.
  • Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.
  • Wahis, R. & F. Rojas 2003. Los Pompilidos de Chile (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Rev. Chilena Ent. 29:89-103.